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These are cool sketchbook pages man. Nothing wrong with having an influence on an image (especially when its in a sketchbook).

My only suggestion is to maybe use a little less water and more pigment. Scope Andrew Wyeth's watercolors and how he uses the darks. A lot of times the actual object he is painting are in the value range of 3-4 with an 8-9 fleshing out the rest of the picture (or vise versa). Having that value jump solidifies the picture. Here is one of my favorites: http://rita314.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/wild_dog-andrew_wyeth-1959-watercolor-study-for-groundhog-day.jpg I actually prefer this study to the final image.

I've always been a huge wuss with pigment....in any wet media. I've developed a habit of doing mostly water-wash over mostly water-was until the effect is there, but yeah--I need to just get more paint on the palette. Thanks for the advice, man!